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THOMAS J. CLOSE, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LettersPatent No. 80,528', elated July 28, 1868.

IMPROVBD SETTEE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. CLOSE, Vof Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and Sta-te of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Settees; and lI'do h`ereby decla-re that 'the following;

is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

Figure llis a plan view.

Figure 2 is an end elevation.

Figure 3 is a bottom view'oi' one of the slats.

Figure 4 is a section of a portion of' the frame, and one of the-slats and keysl To enable those skilled in the art to make and u The nature of my invention consists in a. peculiar arrangement for securing the slats of a settee to the frame, by which arrangement the expense of screws, drilling and countersinking for the same, is saved; also, that it can be set up with greater facility, and is much more durable. v

Its construction is as follows: On the upper or outer side of the frame A are dove-tail mortises, a, seenin figs. 1 and 2, one side of each mortise being out oblique, and leaving'between each one a lug, b.` At or near the centre of each mortise is an ovalboss, c, rising above the bottom of the mortise, about one-half ofthe height of the lug b. On the under side of the slats B are circular countersink's, d, which t over the bosses c c; It will be seen that the bosses are oval. and the countersinks circular, which will allow of play in but one direction.A After the slat has been placed in proper position, a wedge-shaped key, e, is driven between one side oli the Slat B and the lug b, (as seen in the drawing,) which holds the slat rmly to the frame A.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. A frame of a settee, with dove-tail mortises vand round or oval bosses, substantially in the manner and for the purpose speciied. v I

2. The combination of the slats B, having holes or countersinks, with the bosses c, as described, on the frame A, and wedgefshaped keys e, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth. l

THOS. J. CLGSE.

Witnesses: A

HERMAN BAMBERGEB, WM. G. RUSSELL.

se my invention, Iwill proceed to describe itsA construction. 

